Surfer Attacked By Shark At Maui Beach

Federico Jaime seen in video after being bitten by a shark in Maui, Hawaii. CBS affiliate KGMB HONOLULU — A surfer says he’s grateful to be recovering in a Maui hospital after a shark bit him — even though the attack forced him and his wife to postpone their honeymoon. Federico Jaime was surfing Friday at a beach about two blocks from his Paia home when he felt a shark chomp down on his left arm, he recalled Monday from his room at Maui Memorial Medical Center.A surfer says he’s grateful to be recovering in a Maui hospital after a shark bit him — even though the attack forced him and his wife to postpone their honeymoon.
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Shark attacks
Federico Jaime was surfing Friday at a beach about two blocks from his Paia home when he felt a shark chomp down on his left arm, he recalled Monday from his room at Maui Memorial Medical Center.
“It just came out of nowhere,” he said. “I saw the shark right in my face. It grabbed my arm- my left arm. It was really violent.”
He knew he had been bitten. “I could see my arm was pretty much destroyed,” he said. “I hit it with my hands and my legs. I don’t know what I did.”
He knows that October accounts for the greatest number of Hawaii shark bites. University of Hawaii researchers say this may be because female tiger sharks migrate south from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands to give birth. An influx of hungry pupping sharks may boost the likelihood of a bad encounter with a human
The attack won’t diminish his passion for surfing, said Jaime, 36, who moved to Maui from Argentina about six years ago.
After three-hours of surgery on Friday, Jaime can move all his fingers and can feel his forearm muscle working. But he’ll need another surgery on Wednesday to repair a tendon, he said.
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